Here are ten quick ways to come up with names for your characters (without using one of those online name generators) Bonus: Five Name Generating Websites:
Tips and Tricks
Stuff I’ve learned over the years
More from the AI
Here’s what we got when we told the AI to give us some sensory details for that train story: User That’s great. Please give me a feel for the atmosphere. […]
Playing with AI
So I’ve been playing around with AI. Not to write anything for me, but for research purposes. One of the stories I’m working on at the moment involves a train […]
Stay Organized!
As a series writer, I am sometimes asked how I keep everything straight. You know, how do you make sure Cousin Effie’s eyes aren’t brown in Book 1 and blue […]
Description 101
One of the biggest problems facing new writers is description. How much should you do and how do you do it? You may think you need to describe everything in […]
Point of View for Dummies
One of the easy ways to slip up we see in our critique group is the point of view. Staying in the same POV is often difficult, especially for novice […]
Point of View Revisited
I had a question about POV (point of view) at my recent talk, so I thought I’d revisit the subject today. There are three basic points of view: first person, […]
Organizing Your Writing Life
I use two –ok three–pieces of software to keep my writing life organized. OK, I will admit that one of the three is Microsoft Word. I think nearly every writer […]
Writing With a Day Job
Did you know that around 95% (maybe more) of writers support their writing habit with a day job? Here’s how you handle writing on top of a full-time job. It’s […]
Showing vs Telling
I’m sure you’ve heard that you should “show” instead of “telling” in your writing. But what, exactly, does this mean and how do you do it? “He felt angry” is […]